This isn't about US

8:52 AM,
Sep. 15, 2012

Egyptian protesters chant anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo as part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

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David Ignatius

What's happening on the ground in Cairo and Benghazi appears to be a case of political opportunism - no, not by Mitt Romney, but by Salafist Islamic extremists who are unhappy with the success the more moderate Islamist and secularist parties in Egypt and Libya have had in building political support.

We're still in what I like to call the "fog of revolution" in both countries, where it's hard to know for sure what's happening and who benefits, so my reporting comes with a basic caveat. Based on conversations with sources who were on the ...